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  • Re: The best engine conversion?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Wed, 15 Aug 2001 22:17:12 +1200
    ...unreliable; a stretched VW wasserboxer) Briggs & Stratton aircooled boxer twin VW T4 straight-five (unreliable) old Audi 1.9 five (unreilable) The late Subaru...
  • Re: Making of a Vanagon - Now New T3
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Wed, 3 Dec 2008 21:57:28 +0000
    ...Ten years ago I managed to get a VIP tour of the Type II assembly > plant in Hannover where they were producing the T4...
  • Re: What years power steering?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Sarriugarte
    Sat, 7 Jun 2008 10:42:13 -0700
    ...In Japan they called some T4's Vanagons so you can't argue on the basis of the name "Vanagon". I don't think...
  • Fw: Power of a 2.0L Air cooled vs 2.1L
    Historical mailing list - David and Shirin
    Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:26:21 -0500
    ...This is a good site about type IV engines, http://www.tunacan.net/t4/tech/heads.htm#stock David Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003...
  • 2.1L Wasserboxer Power Rebuild
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:42:13 PST
    ...I took my knowledge from working with T1 and T4 engines and applied it to my 2.1L Wasserboxer. I did not want to...
  • Re: Just like a Vanagon, but modern..
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:56:46 -0800
    ...But don't the T4's and T5's have separate beds and cabs? Just wondering. Let's face it, it VW were not...
  • Re: Syncro Oettinger 6 cylinders 3.2 liters wasserboxer
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 13 Jan 1997 02:16:39 +0100
    ...not only for T2 also for T4 and Golf, Beetle (with WBX Motor! Kit), Audi, Passat, Corrado .... Her comes the Contact: Oettinger Technik GmbH...
  • Re: Oil Press. Sender location(T4)
    Historical mailing list - Kirk D. Hilliard
    Fri, 26 Apr 1996 06:16:27 -0400
    [ Concerning tight fit for oil pressure gauge sender on type IV engine ] Aaron Wood <afn32620@freenet.ufl.edu> said: > the threads on the sender...
  • Re: The
    Historical mailing list - zolo
    Sun, 1 Dec 2002 12:00:46 -0800
    ...The "Euro Van" > >I have looked at the prices on the German eBay list for the Westfalia >and T3 and T2, T4 "Wohnmobil" area...
  • Re: Road Haus Two (LONG . NVC!)
    Historical mailing list - Tim Schneider
    Wed, 5 May 2004 21:51:36 -0700
    ...I've put a roll of fujichrome velvia into my Yashica t4 point and shoot! :-) I can make my photos look like 'velvia' using...
  • Re: breadloaf EV sighting
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Sat, 15 Feb 2025 22:56:05 +0000
    ...are referred to as T1, the > '73 onward pancake ones are T4, and the '82 onward generally > wasserboxer. Too many contextual T-this/that...
  • Some Questions about the ECU Chip Upgrades- Answered....
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Mon, 7 Aug 2000 00:31:23 EDT
    ...I had a customized T4 2L engine in my 73' VW Bus. It had a Porsche 914 hydraulic performance cam, Modified 914 racing exhaust...
  • Re: Watch out Westy, there is a new kid in town!
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 9 Apr 2012 09:54:47 -0700
    ...restoration of old VW Bulli itself VW now restored and repaired old Bullis of type T1, T2, T3 and T4 itself Hanover, 02 April...
  • Re: FWD: MICRO BUS Concept at Detroit Autoshow..
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Wed, 15 Nov 2000 15:43:07 -0800
    ...The New Samba, as the concept car is called, is rumored to be based on a modified version of the existing T4 microbus platform...
  • Re: Wrecker find today, 2wd tin top made in Austria
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:47:05 +0000
    ...One of the 2wd vans made in Graz when the Hannover plant switched to T4 production.----------- >> Alistair
  • VW offers deal on reinforced 16in 01-03 eurovan tires
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
    Fri, 8 Aug 2003 12:41:27 -0400
    ...and some of us might own a T4 as well.. save me a set.. We hope that you've enjoyed owning or leasing your...
  • Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What ...
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Wed, 6 Sep 2000 08:36:45 -0700
    ...www.geneberg.com > > Do you know HOW many T1 engine and T4 engine are running around "hopped up" > and live a long life? If...
  • Re: aftermarket tach
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Thu, 2 Jun 2011 21:46:57 -0700
    ...to T7a/5 in the >>> box on the firewall; then to T4b which Bentley says is in that same >>> box but means is under...
  • Camper conversion pkg from UK
    Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
    Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:20:32 -0500
    ...This package is now for sale for Bay Window vans, but is reportedly now under development for T3 (aka Type 25) and T4 vans...
  • EV Floor Mats
    Historical mailing list - william killian
    Fri, 1 Sep 1995 12:37:34 -0400 (EDT)
    ...Are the newer '95 EVs (T4s) coming with solid color carpets instead of the black and gray thing of '93? I like the dealer...
  • Tales from Europe the VW camper shape and ailments (part 4)
    Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
    Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:07:10 -0700
    ...Having to park here in France I'm glad I stuck with the T3, and didn't get a T4 long. The T3 just...
  • Re: FRYDAY: RE-OPEN VANAGON ASSEMBLY
    Historical mailing list - shawn feller
    Fri, 26 May 2006 23:09:53 -0400
    ...The Eurovan (T4) didn�t make it here, but to paraphrase the recently departed Lloyd Bentsen, �I�ve looked at the Eurovan, sir, and...
  • Head Welded, '80 (long) & Shop Recommendation
    Historical mailing list
    09 May 97 06:22:59 PDT
    ...If you need to get ahold for Leonard at AVP for welding of heads, welding T4 cases, engine or head rebuilds, etc, see their...
  • Re: Wrecker find today, 2wd tin top made in Austria
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
    Fri, 15 Apr 2016 19:22:24 -0700
    ...One of the 2wd vans made in Graz when the Hannover plant switched to > T4 production.----------- >>> Alistair
  • /f Does VW Read This List?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 17 May 95 07:49:00 MST
    ...P?FL$("GQ33,H42!@'39->&EK91U,4#`/X1SP(&I!)2!2(,!T4%`E,"VQ M)3!:-S0E,%+K5B!``1[@.B`V,#(M.$(V5&`T...
  • Re: extractor exhaust?
    Historical mailing list - Doug Jones
    Fri, 5 Feb 1999 10:50:51 -0800
    ...I've never put one on a aircooled T4 engine; but, the fit on most aftermarket T1 systems leaves something to be desired. Just...
  • Re: AC Controls
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Sat, 17 May 2008 23:21:50 -0700
    ...as they were anticipating winding down production and switching to the T4. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel" -- No virus found...
  • VW Camper Rentals in Europe - Recommendation
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Sat, 31 Oct 1998 12:19:51 -0500
    ...although the one we rented was his only Eurovan (called a T4 in Europe). Some are gasoline, others diesel. The campers use a variety...
  • Re: Anyone make the bold caps for the arm rests.
    Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
    Tue, 24 Aug 2021 23:18:49 -0500
    I saw a "armrest bolt cover VW T4" on Makerbot Thingverse. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3875275 It could be printed on a 3D...
  • Re: VW van nomenclature in Japan... Yoshi?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 3 Dec 2004 23:15:01 +1300
    ...The T4 & T5 VW vansare compromised by VW unreliability and also the design... a long nose means a short cargobay, as well as a...
  • Re: Why did this mod increase my fuel economy?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:59:02 EST
    ...had a 914 mild hydraulic performance cam in my custom 2L T4 engine (Almost exact same engine in the air-cooled Vanagon... ) The mileage...
  • Re: Some Questions about the ECU Chip Upgrades- Answered....
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Sun, 6 Aug 2000 23:36:12 PDT
    ...push >as efficiently as the other will. > >I had a customized T4 2L engine in my 73' VW Bus. It had a Porsche 914...
  • Donder Becomes A Road Warrior And Other Blather
    Historical mailing list - Sean Lynch
    Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:32:50 EST
    ...I'm also eager to put my '80 van to test, having identified and fixed most of the glaring faults of the T4 motor...
  • Long sad story about the probable death of a Eurovan...
    Historical mailing list - William A. Killian
    Fri, 31 Oct 1997 01:05:51 -0500
    ...Say what you like about not wanting VW to move the engines forward with the T4 but it gave me protection somewhat. With the...
  • Re: Anyone make the bold caps for the arm rests.
    Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
    Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:36:36 -0500
    ...Jim On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 11:27 PM KI4TLF <ki4tlf@gmail.com> wrote: > I saw a "armrest bolt cover VW T4" on...
  • VW President Dr.Ing. Ferdinand Pi�ch's 60th birthday presents
    Historical mailing list - Thomas Niksch
    Wed, 7 May 97 11:44:24 UT
    ...that it took them more than three years to adopt an existing 2,5 TDI or VR6 engine to an existing T4 Eurovan. It...
  • German syncro Club
    Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
    Fri, 30 May 1997 08:29:13 -0400
    ...I " was the beetle, T1 (1950), T2 (1967) T3 (1979) and T4 (1990) were >used for the revisions, but the may overlap, eg. the...
  • Re: aftermarket tach
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 2 Jun 2011 22:24:00 -0700
    ...to T7a/5 in the >>> box on the firewall; then to T4b which Bentley says is in that same >>> box but means is under...
  • O-ring seals was Re: Tranny O-ring size
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:58:48 -0800
    ...has always burnt me up, wrote a treatis involving it on T4 pushrod seals on this list near 15 years ago, and it still...
  • Re: Porta Potties / Heating / Radiator Bleeding / MB Vito {Long}
    Historical mailing list - David Clark
    Sun, 12 Dec 1999 21:08:03 -0000
    ...quite small, and front wheel drive, it feels smaller that the T4 VW. Give me the T3 any day! Good quality van! David Clark...
  • Re: Injectors Recall
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
    Thu, 21 Jun 2001 13:48:03 +1000
    ...Graz in Austria as Hannover was already tooling up for the T4.I do know of one T3 Transporter Camper that first sold/registered...
  • Re: Wrecker find today, 2wd tin top made in Austria
    Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
    Fri, 15 Apr 2016 21:18:26 -0500
    ...One of the 2wd vans made in Graz when the Hannover plant switched to T4 production.----------- >> Alistair
  • Re: Anyone make the bold caps for the arm rests.
    Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
    Wed, 25 Aug 2021 07:55:55 -0700
    ...ki4tlf@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I saw a "armrest bolt cover VW T4" on Makerbot Thingverse. > > https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3875275 > > It could be...
  • Back from Mexico- Drove a 2000 VW Kombi!
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:03:47 -0500
    ...Rumor has it that it may soon go the way of the old Beetle in South America once production of the T4 ("Eurovan") there...
  • Re: Oil leak since rebuilt 2.1l installed
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:37:39 -0700
    ...Does the WBX have the cam gallery plugs in it that the T4 > aircooled case has? I've seen those leak too... Usually once...
  • Re: camped at the edge in Spain
    Historical mailing list - thewestyman
    Fri, 5 Jun 2015 10:20:10 -0700
    ...Various hightop T3 vans are parked around us, as well as many more Eurovan T4 vans and campers. When we stopped outside one camp...
  • Re: AVP rebuilds and core charges?
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:50:08 -0400
    ...I was a bit skeptical with their practice of using reground T4 lifters and requested new which they freely substituted, I was quite happy...
  • Re: Anyone make the bold caps for the arm rests.
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:15:46 -0700
    ...ki4tlf@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I saw a "armrest bolt cover VW T4" on Makerbot Thingverse. >> https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3875275 >> It could be...
  • Re: Just like a Vanagon, but modern..
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:20:55 -0600
    ...But don't the T4's and T5's have separate beds and cabs? Just wondering. > > Let's face it, it VW were not...
  • Re: Electrolysis and prevention of corrosion: It CAN be done...
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:10:24 EST
    ...abandon an excellent engine (The BEST of both the T1 and T4 engines) for something else, I have done what other owners have done...
  • Only 2,138 16" Syncros Were Made--letter from Germany
    Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
    Sun, 30 Mar 1997 11:26:57 -0500
    ...besides that vw marketing dept was already planning on the new T4 van and meanwhile because of high manufacturing costs VW was losing $$ on...
  • UK trip report - 1
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Tue, 16 May 2006 03:39:40 -0700
    ...As for the van, it's a EuroVan (T4) Wesfalia camper, newer than our Vanagon. It drives more like a car and the fuel...
  • Clutch replacement report - longish
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 16 Mar 2001 11:58:12 -0800
    ...I bought a Sachs clutch replacement kit (complete with new throw-out bearing and nifty alignment tool), an Erling transmission gasket kit (T4S), an...
  • Re: Anyone make the bold caps for the arm rests.
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:16:44 -0700
    ...ki4tlf@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I saw a "armrest bolt cover VW T4" on Makerbot Thingverse. >>> https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3875275 >>> It could be...
  • Trips to Germany
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
    Sun, 23 Mar 2003 17:56:55 -0600
    ...The T4 has been around for ten years now, and there are lots. And there are lots of similar vehicles from competing firms. Mercedes...
  • Article about the ECU Chip upgrade from Vintage Vee Dub
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Wed, 16 Aug 2000 06:34:54 EDT
    ...It was in fact one of the last T3s sold in Australia, with the T4 series having been launched here in 1993. Whilst a...
  • Vanagon Production discontinued in South Africa
    Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
    Mon, 6 May 2002 09:02:39 +0200
    ...And whilst there'll be product to replace it in the marketplace > (more notably T4 Caravelle and Sharan), the departure of Bus is not...
  • how to read the Weakly Statz ... :)
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 26 Mar 1998 22:21:46 CST
    ...then i just redo the totals of each "generation" (T1,T2,T3,T4) with the total lines from the WHERE portion: Vanagon Mailing List...
  • RE: Followup: engine cooling non-problem
    Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
    Thu, 21 Mar 1996 13:32:00 -0800 (PST)
    ...It's jammed right up against the edge of the metal, where the air seal probably goes in the T4 engine installation, and offhand...
  • Re: 1.6-l. '79-'82 type 2 aircooled pancake engine in Bug?
    Historical mailing list - Brian Verbeek (by way of Brian Verbeek )
    Wed, 22 Jan 1997 14:41:20 +0000
    ...The fanshroud looks very much like the T4 shroud, only it's made out of stamped steel, i didn't get the cylinder covers...